Saudi Arabia vs Thailand statistics compared

Saudi Arabia has a population of 35.3M (ranked 45/197), compared with 71.7M in Thailand (ranked 20/197). Saudi Arabia's land area is 830,000 sq mi versus 197,256 sq mi for Thailand (ranked 12th vs. 50th).

By GDP, Saudi Arabia ranks 18/197 ($1.24T) and Thailand ranks 30/197 ($526B). By GDP per capita, Saudi Arabia ranks 32/197 ($35,057), while Thailand ranks 102/197 ($7,345).

Saudi Arabia and Thailand: Comparison Charts

Saudi Arabia and Thailand economies compared

GDP

Saudi Arabia

Thailand

Table

Year	GDP
	Saudi Arabia	Thailand
1960	$1,748,124,064	$2,760,750,861
1961	$1,920,811,284	$3,034,037,811
1962	$2,130,606,532	$3,308,912,797
1963	$2,207,393,172	$3,540,403,457
1964	$2,371,808,713	$3,889,129,942
1965	$2,647,955,558	$4,388,937,649
1966	$2,920,555,557	$5,279,230,817
1967	$3,257,022,223	$5,638,461,442
1968	$4,187,777,711	$6,081,009,428
1969	$4,485,777,644	$6,695,336,567
1970	$5,377,333,333	$7,086,538,438
1971	$7,184,806,909	$7,375,000,024
1972	$9,664,267,087	$8,177,873,151
1973	$14,947,435,499	$10,838,587,358
1974	$45,412,957,746	$13,702,998,512
1975	$46,773,208,643	$14,882,770,594
1976	$64,005,665,722	$16,985,208,648
1977	$74,188,986,586	$19,779,312,261
1978	$80,266,516,687	$24,006,566,637
1979	$111,858,444,786	$27,371,650,825
1980	$164,539,660,725	$32,353,514,989
1981	$184,291,360,139	$34,846,039,194
1982	$153,240,313,858	$36,589,772,404
1983	$129,171,635,311	$40,042,798,388
1984	$119,624,858,116	$41,797,647,776
1985	$103,897,846,494	$38,900,711,333
1986	$86,961,922,765	$43,096,773,981
1987	$85,695,861,148	$50,535,446,555
1988	$88,256,074,766	$61,667,253,471
1989	$95,344,459,279	$72,250,748,100
1990	$117,630,173,565	$85,343,190,719
1991	$132,223,230,975	$98,234,714,971
1992	$137,087,850,467	$111,452,746,518
1993	$132,967,957,276	$128,889,262,951
1994	$135,174,899,866	$146,683,778,959
1995	$143,343,124,166	$169,278,916,593
1996	$158,662,483,311	$183,035,237,429
1997	$165,963,684,913	$150,180,456,566
1998	$146,775,466,667	$113,675,596,788
1999	$161,717,066,667	$126,669,211,779
2000	$189,514,933,333	$126,392,224,254
2001	$184,137,600,000	$120,296,476,180
2002	$189,605,866,667	$134,300,904,400
2003	$215,807,733,333	$152,280,615,246
2004	$258,742,133,333	$172,895,685,155
2005	$328,459,608,764	$189,318,408,469
2006	$376,900,133,511	$221,758,296,022
2007	$415,964,509,673	$262,942,621,455
2008	$519,796,800,000	$291,382,982,431
2009	$429,097,866,667	$281,710,630,187
2010	$528,207,466,667	$341,104,766,329
2011	$680,660,800,000	$370,818,739,624
2012	$751,921,333,333	$397,558,325,279
2013	$769,755,733,333	$420,333,654,593
2014	$787,153,066,667	$407,339,040,198
2015	$693,414,400,000	$401,296,238,228
2016	$689,279,466,667	$413,366,349,748
2017	$741,266,133,333	$456,356,813,537
2018	$886,564,800,000	$506,754,208,404
2019	$888,890,133,333	$543,976,691,794
2020	$767,951,200,000	$500,461,898,480
2021	$982,661,066,667	$506,194,668,790
2022	$1,239,075,200,000	$495,644,697,588
2023	$1,218,584,533,333	$515,906,283,941
2024	$1,237,529,866,667	$526,411,265,428

Saudi Arabia and Thailand economies compared

GDP per capita

Saudi Arabia

Thailand

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Saudi Arabia	Thailand
1960	$718	$102.8
1961	$760	$109.7
1962	$813	$116.2
1963	$812	$120.7
1964	$840	$128.6
1965	$904	$140.9
1966	$961	$164.5
1967	$1,032	$170.7
1968	$1,276	$178.8
1969	$1,313	$191.4
1970	$1,509	$197.1
1971	$1,929	$199.7
1972	$2,474	$215.6
1973	$3,640	$278.3
1974	$10,503	$343
1975	$10,266	$364
1976	$13,313	$405
1977	$14,595	$462
1978	$14,914	$548
1979	$19,612	$612
1980	$27,206	$709
1981	$28,703	$748
1982	$22,454	$770
1983	$17,810	$827
1984	$15,541	$847
1985	$12,745	$774
1986	$10,078	$842
1987	$9,386	$970
1988	$9,165	$1,164
1989	$9,414	$1,342
1990	$11,055	$1,559
1991	$11,847	$1,766
1992	$11,730	$1,972
1993	$10,885	$2,245
1994	$10,602	$2,518
1995	$10,786	$2,864
1996	$11,472	$3,055
1997	$11,545	$2,473
1998	$9,836	$1,848
1999	$10,452	$2,033
2000	$11,715	$2,006
2001	$10,805	$1,890
2002	$10,586	$2,090
2003	$11,487	$2,348
2004	$13,154	$2,642
2005	$15,976	$2,868
2006	$17,564	$3,331
2007	$18,596	$3,919
2008	$22,320	$4,309
2009	$17,718	$4,135
2010	$22,028	$4,974
2011	$27,127	$5,374
2012	$28,733	$5,726
2013	$27,865	$6,018
2014	$27,805	$5,801
2015	$23,256	$5,689
2016	$22,268	$5,834
2017	$23,929	$6,413
2018	$29,360	$7,100
2019	$29,567	$7,606
2020	$24,339	$6,986
2021	$31,921	$7,057
2022	$38,510	$6,909
2023	$36,157	$7,195
2024	$35,057	$7,345

Saudi Arabia vs. Thailand life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Saudi Arabia

Thailand

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Saudi Arabia	Thailand
1950	40	45.2
1951	40.6	45.9
1952	41.1	46.5
1953	41.6	47.1
1954	42.1	47.6
1955	42.6	48.1
1956	43.1	48.6
1957	43.7	49.1
1958	44.2	49.5
1959	44.8	50.1
1960	45.3	50.6
1961	45.9	51.1
1962	46.5	51.4
1963	47.1	52
1964	47.7	52.5
1965	48.4	53.1
1966	49.2	53.7
1967	50	54.3
1968	50.9	55
1969	51.8	55.7
1970	52.7	56.5
1971	53.7	57.1
1972	54.7	57.7
1973	55.8	58.3
1974	56.8	59
1975	57.8	59.7
1976	58.8	60.4
1977	59.7	60.9
1978	60.7	61.3
1979	61.5	61.7
1980	62.4	62.2
1981	63.3	62.9
1982	64	63.6
1983	64.7	64.5
1984	65.4	65.5
1985	66	66.5
1986	66.6	67.3
1987	67.2	67.8
1988	67.8	68.2
1989	68.4	68.6
1990	68.9	68.9
1991	69.3	69.1
1992	69.8	69.4
1993	70.2	69.6
1994	70.6	69.7
1995	70.9	69.8
1996	71.3	69.9
1997	71.6	70.4
1998	72	70.7
1999	72.3	71
2000	72.6	71.2
2001	73	71.5
2002	73.3	71.8
2003	73.7	72.1
2004	74	72.1
2005	74.4	72.9
2006	74.8	73.3
2007	75.1	73.8
2008	75.3	74.2
2009	75.4	74.7
2010	75.6	75
2011	75.8	75.3
2012	76.1	75.6
2013	76.5	76
2014	77.1	76.3
2015	77.8	76.6
2016	78.4	76.8
2017	78.7	77
2018	78.7	77.2
2019	78.3	77.2
2020	77.6	77.3
2021	77.1	77.6
2022	77.3	75.3
2023	78.7	76.4
2024	79	76.6
2025	79.2	76.8

Saudi Arabia and Thailand population clocks and comparison

Population

Saudi Arabia

Thailand

Table

Year	Population
	Saudi Arabia	Thailand
1960	2,435,403	26,851,747
1961	2,526,347	27,650,334
1962	2,620,910	28,481,040
1963	2,719,341	29,342,322
1964	2,821,968	30,232,141
1965	2,928,771	31,149,337
1966	3,039,887	32,086,071
1967	3,157,242	33,037,801
1968	3,282,711	34,002,560
1969	3,417,114	34,973,782
1970	3,562,470	35,954,408
1971	3,724,031	36,937,387
1972	3,905,722	37,933,929
1973	4,106,344	38,947,787
1974	4,323,632	39,952,891
1975	4,556,287	40,940,005
1976	4,807,933	41,896,504
1977	5,083,048	42,843,974
1978	5,381,902	43,788,976
1979	5,703,698	44,718,434
1980	6,047,997	45,650,022
1981	6,420,551	46,575,855
1982	6,824,486	47,494,577
1983	7,252,941	48,423,309
1984	7,697,307	49,351,708
1985	8,151,779	50,270,753
1986	8,628,639	51,177,834
1987	9,130,194	52,074,105
1988	9,629,165	52,969,595
1989	10,128,394	53,848,956
1990	10,640,691	54,738,329
1991	11,160,744	55,637,434
1992	11,686,676	56,528,834
1993	12,215,862	57,408,198
1994	12,750,040	58,260,854
1995	13,289,245	59,098,232
1996	13,831,009	59,920,064
1997	14,374,943	60,724,584
1998	14,922,185	61,522,630
1999	15,472,075	62,299,043
2000	16,177,722	63,007,815
2001	17,041,397	63,651,141
2002	17,910,910	64,266,437
2003	18,786,767	64,868,166
2004	19,669,480	65,452,047
2005	20,559,890	66,017,420
2006	21,459,144	66,567,687
2007	22,368,313	67,102,394
2008	23,287,877	67,619,830
2009	24,217,654	68,121,080
2010	23,978,487	68,579,447
2011	25,091,867	69,007,208
2012	26,168,861	69,436,098
2013	27,624,004	69,845,114
2014	28,309,273	70,216,367
2015	29,816,382	70,540,795
2016	30,954,198	70,859,841
2017	30,977,355	71,160,187
2018	30,196,281	71,376,079
2019	30,063,799	71,522,271
2020	31,552,510	71,641,484
2021	30,784,383	71,727,332
2022	32,175,224	71,735,329
2023	33,702,731	71,702,435
2024	35,300,280	71,668,011

Fertility rates in Saudi Arabia and Thailand

Fertility rate

Saudi Arabia

Thailand

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Saudi Arabia	Thailand
1960	7.63	6.33
1961	7.63	6.32
1962	7.64	6.33
1963	7.65	6.34
1964	7.67	6.31
1965	7.66	6.26
1966	7.66	6.18
1967	7.66	6.08
1968	7.63	5.93
1969	7.6	5.7
1970	7.58	5.45
1971	7.56	5.25
1972	7.54	5.08
1973	7.48	4.85
1974	7.43	4.6
1975	7.37	4.36
1976	7.33	4.12
1977	7.3	3.87
1978	7.26	3.62
1979	7.23	3.45
1980	7.15	3.29
1981	7.07	3.13
1982	6.98	2.94
1983	6.88	2.76
1984	6.78	2.58
1985	6.65	2.45
1986	6.52	2.36
1987	6.34	2.26
1988	6.15	2.17
1989	5.98	2.14
1990	5.8	2.07
1991	5.64	2.04
1992	5.49	2.01
1993	5.33	1.97
1994	5.16	1.93
1995	4.99	1.89
1996	4.81	1.87
1997	4.66	1.85
1998	4.52	1.82
1999	4.35	1.77
2000	4.21	1.73
2001	3.96	1.71
2002	3.71	1.69
2003	3.47	1.67
2004	3.26	1.67
2005	3.16	1.64
2006	3.18	1.63
2007	3.19	1.62
2008	3.07	1.59
2009	2.95	1.57
2010	2.81	1.56
2011	2.8	1.57
2012	2.78	1.56
2013	2.67	1.53
2014	2.68	1.48
2015	2.63	1.45
2016	2.65	1.4
2017	2.67	1.36
2018	2.67	1.32
2019	2.49	1.29
2020	2.27	1.26
2021	2.17	1.23
2022	2.14	1.22
2023	2.28	1.21

Saudi Arabia and Thailand demographics compared

Median age

Saudi Arabia

Thailand

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Saudi Arabia	Thailand
1960	18.6	18
1961	18.5	17.9
1962	18.4	17.7
1963	18.2	17.6
1964	18	17.5
1965	17.9	17.4
1966	17.7	17.3
1967	17.6	17.3
1968	17.5	17.3
1969	17.4	17.4
1970	17.4	17.5
1971	17.4	17.6
1972	17.4	17.8
1973	17.5	18
1974	17.6	18.2
1975	17.7	18.4
1976	17.8	18.7
1977	17.9	18.9
1978	18	19.2
1979	18.1	19.5
1980	18.2	19.9
1981	18.3	20.2
1982	18.4	20.6
1983	18.5	21
1984	18.6	21.5
1985	18.7	21.9
1986	18.7	22.4
1987	18.8	22.8
1988	18.9	23.3
1989	19	23.7
1990	19	24.3
1991	19.2	24.8
1992	19.3	25.4
1993	19.4	26
1994	19.6	26.6
1995	19.7	27.2
1996	19.9	27.7
1997	20.2	28.3
1998	20.4	28.9
1999	20.7	29.5
2000	20.8	30
2001	20.7	30.5
2002	20.8	30.9
2003	21.1	31.3
2004	21.4	31.7
2005	21.9	32.2
2006	22.3	32.6
2007	22.8	33.1
2008	23.4	33.6
2009	23.9	34
2010	24.5	34.5
2011	25.2	35
2012	25.9	35.4
2013	26.6	35.9
2014	27.2	36.3
2015	27.9	36.8
2016	28.6	37.3
2017	29	37.7
2018	29.3	38.2
2019	29.3	38.7
2020	29.4	39.2
2021	29.5	39.7
2022	29.7	40.2
2023	30.2	40.7
2024	30.5	41.1

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